FEATURE: The Ten Best Comic Book Covers From Marvel's March 2014 Solicitations
Marvel have released the full list of solicitations for March 2014, and with many new titles being launched as part of the "All-New Marvel NOW!" initiative, there's a lot on offer. Which titles feature the most wallpaper worthy cover artwork? Hit the jump for our top ten selections!
10. WINTER SOLDIER: THE BITTER MARCH #2
(Agustin Alessio)
• Shield agent Ran Shen is responsible for escorting the two most important humans on the planet to the United States.
• The only thing in his way is Winter Soldier. And the only thing in the Winter Soldier’s way is an elite Hydra squad run by Chancellor Cassandra and Madam Worm.
• Rate pace, high adventure, sex, murder, intrigue, in this 1960’s spy action story that will have ramification echoing to the modern Marvel Universe!
9. MOON KNIGHT #1
(Bill Sienkienwicz)
Marc Spector is Moon Knight!...Or is he? It’s hard to tell these days, especially when New York’s wildest vigilante protects the street with two-fisted justice and three—that’s right, count ‘em—different personalities! But even with the mystical force of Khonshu fueling his crusade, how does the night’s greatest detective save a city that’s as twisted as he is? The road to victory is going to hurt. A lot. Marvel’s most mind-bending adventure begins NOW as Moon Knight sleuths his way to the rotten core of New York’s most bizarre mysteries!
8. IRON MAN #23.NOW
(Joe Quinones)
MALEKITH THE ACCURSED has a problem with IRON MAN. Malekith the Accursed has a problem with pretty much EVERYONE. Cutting edge science versus the most arcane science imaginable, all in a bath of blood. Which classic MARVEL UK character returns in a reinvented form after the REVOLUTIONARY WAR?
7. DAREDEVIL #1
(Paolo Rivera)
Join Marvel’s fearless hero as he begins his most awe-inspiring adventure yet in the sunny city of San Francisco! Gifted with an imperceptible radar sense and a passion for justice, blind lawyer Matt Murdock—a.k.a. DAREDEVIL—protects the Golden City’s streets from all manner of evil. But big changes are in store for Matt Murdock as old haunts and familiar faces rise to give the devil his due. Hold on tight, because here comes Daredevil…the Man Without Fear!
6. UNCANNY AVENGERS #18.NOW!
(Daniel Acuna)
Welcome to Planet X, the new mutant homeworld, where everything is great—presuming that you possess the mutant gene! Janet Van Dyne, the Wasp, is the last human being alive, relentlessly pursued by Magneto and his All-New X-Force and their “No More Humans” campaign, and protected by her husband, Havok! Witness the fate of the Uncanny Avengers--who survived the Apocalypse Twins’ plot, and how?
5. DEADPOOL #25.NOW!
(Phil Noto)
First Marvel NOW! title to reach the landmark 25th issue! Avengers doesn’t count. Because. When Deadpool re-killed the reanimated dead Presidents of the United States, Agent Gorman of S.H.I.E.L.D. stiffed him on his well-earned pay. Now, his vengeance is finally wrought! But now that former S.H.I.E.L.D Agent Preston’s consciousness is stuck inside his head, will she be ok with this wreaking? And is all this SHIELD stuff a shameless cash in because of the TV show? Ask guest-star AGENT COULSON!
4. UNCANNY X-MEN #18
(Alexander Lozano)
• Cyclops finds himself in serious trouble.
• Who’s got Scott Summers at gunpoint?
3. AMAZING X-MEN #3
(Ed McGuinness)
• Nightcrawler and his pirate band of X-Men take on Azazel and his hellish hordes!
• One of the X-Men must make the ultimate sacrifice!
2. SILVER SURFER #1
(Francesco Francavilla)
The universe is big. Bigger than you could ever imagine. And the SILVER SURFER, the lone sentinel of the skyways, is about to discover that the best way to see it... is with someone else. Meet the Earth Girl who’s challenged the Surfer to go beyond the boundaries of the known Marvel U-- into the strange, the new, and the utterly fantastic! Anywhere and Everywhere... Hang On!
1. CAPTAIN MARVEL #1
(John Cassaday)
Hero! Pilot! Avenger! Captain Marvel, Earth’s Mightiest Hero with death-defying powers and an attitude to match, is back and launching headfirst into an all-new ongoing series! As Captain Marvel, a.k.a. Carol Danvers, comes to a crossroads with a new life and new romance, she makes a dramatic decision that will alter the course of her life and the entire Marvel Universe in the months to come. It’s time to go HIGHER, FURTHER, FASTER and more in the most super-powered comic around!